The Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays have each selected PlayerData as their wearable performance partner, marking our first MLB organizations and a significant milestone for the company.
As players report to spring training, these clubs are getting their first full look at how PlayerData’s cloud-first, portable performance ecosystem can create meaningful competitive advantage from Opening Day through the final out in October.
Modernizing Performance in Baseball
Professional baseball is evolving. The edge is thinner. The margins are tighter. The speed of decision-making matters more than ever.
Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow captured that reality directly:
“The ever-evolving and ultra-competitive landscape that is professional sports has forced us to rethink how we track player performance, and more importantly, how we quickly assess and derive actionable insights from that data.”
Added Breslow:
“PlayerData’s innovative platform enables us to push our athletes forward more safely and responsibly than ever before.”
For modern front offices and performance departments, tracking data isn’t enough. The advantage comes from how quickly and clearly you can turn information into action.
Immediate Access. High Integrity Data. Seamless Integration.
“Innovation in our performance workflow is a constant priority,” said Red Sox Sport Science Coordinator Shaun Owen. “PlayerData’s cloud-first infrastructure provides immediate access to accurate, validated data and the flexibility to integrate it directly into our internal R&D ecosystem, which is strongly aligned with where we’re looking to take our performance and data capabilities."
That combination is central to why MLB organizations are moving toward PlayerData.
Baseball’s demands are unique. The regular season stretches nearly every day from late March through September. Athletes are on their feet for extended periods with maximum intensity reactions in an instant. Performance staff must manage workload across 162 games, minor league affiliates, rehab assignments and postseason pushes. Longitudinal analysis isn’t optional, it’s foundational.
PlayerData enables teams to measure both volume and intensity of work, delivering a clearer understanding of total athlete load across the entire organization.
Why MLB Organizations Are Making the Switch
The decisions of the clubs to make the switch to PlayerData came quickly, between April and January, reflecting a broader shift happening across professional baseball.
One MLB organization's Head of Performance Science outlined outlined several reasons they were considering a change to PlayerData from their incumbent provider:
- Ease of use across affiliates, data can be easily accessed remotely from a phone or tablet without needing any complicated wiring or a dedicated computer on site of a training session or game.
- Data validity at the top-echelon of wearable providers.
- A significantly lower price point, freeing up budget to be used on other aspects of a holistic performance approach – IE. nutritionist support for affiliates.
- The ability to maintain data consistency when in a domed or open stadium setting using a portable LPS setup.
- Integrated athlete surveys that align physical data with subjective feedback directly from athletes.
In other words, PlayerData is democratizing player tracking in baseball by delivering a best-in-class system that performance staffs can deploy anywhere and at a price point that makes organization-wide adoption realistic.
Momentum Across Global Sport
The addition of three MLB franchises adds to PlayerData’s 2026 incredible momentum.
Recently, elite organizations across sport including the likes of USMNT, USWNT, Vanderbilt men’s basketball, and Air Force football have chosen PlayerData as their wearable of choice. This month, FIFA also announced PlayerData as a FIFA Preferred Provider for Player Tracking.
Whether it’s global football, college hoops, college football, or Major League Baseball, the trend is clear: teams want performance technology that is accurate, portable, intuitive and accessible across the entire organization.
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